Did he explain how the animal thrived for thousands of years between the

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Jul 13, 2021
1:31:34pm

Jay Kay All-American

extinction of the mega fauna and the arrival of ranchers in the west?

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Jay Kay

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POLL: Would you be willing to hunt with non-lead ammo if you knew it would help save the California condor?

Sea Chicken Freeloader

7/12/21 1:31pm

For CB, to save anything Calif isn’t a good thing.

byu1

7/12/21 1:34pm

That's right... Thanks to California we can't see our mountains.

I'mYourHuckleberry

7/12/21 1:38pm

Are we assuming that it would really prevent the extinction of the species?

Jay Kay

7/12/21 1:37pm

Apparently many condors are dying of lead poisoning

Sea Chicken

7/12/21 1:39pm

I thought they were making a miraculous comeback. I know at one point there was

Jay Kay

7/12/21 1:43pm

500+ is still highly endangered

Sea Chicken

7/12/21 1:46pm

I recall as a kid watching the first captive bird hatch on tv at school. It was

Jay Kay

7/12/21 1:52pm

Virtually every condor must be trapped and tested for lead every year. It’s a huge, expensive ordeal.

Brisco

7/12/21 2:02pm

I have used copper for years hunting boar in CA. It is way more

mort

7/12/21 1:38pm

BTW, it is not a choice if you want to hunt it CA. Lead is highly

mort

7/12/21 1:39pm

Interesting opinion from ecology professor.

Eog

7/12/21 2:26pm

I'm an avid birder and consider myself pretty green, and I've wondered this too.

Loon to the Moon

7/12/21 2:38pm

But humans caused the megafauna to go extinct, right? So still human-caused.

HandwovenBox

7/12/21 2:42pm

Did he explain how the animal thrived for thousands of years between the

Jay Kay

7/13/21 1:31pm

Is it bad to ask “do we need to save the California condor?”

StalwartBraveTrue

7/13/21 1:12pm

It's the largest flight bird in North America. Its wingspan is over 10ft.

Jay Kay

7/13/21 1:24pm

Sounds pretty cool. I remember when some were nesting on temple square.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/13/21 10:33pm

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